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Home My Public Portal About04-24-80 TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMISSION � _ _ � . .. • • _ '/ � ! �-�- , ; " , � � AGENDA ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LYNWOOD + TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION TO � BE HELD ON APRIL 24, 1980, AT � 7:30 P.M. R �� e Cf7Y � p V i , CITy ��KcNO FO � I � OPENING CEREMONIES AM A°R �g �p�� I 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE !'E'' I"1_1 �� P�G . i � 2. CALL TO ORDER - CHAIRMAN MALCHOW I 3. ROLL CALL OF COMMISSIONERS - SECRETARY ESTRADA 1 ( William Cunningham I Robert Archambault Archie Legg 1 Ellwood Gray Wilbert Malchow � 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES SCHEDULED MATTERS NEW BUSINESS 5. REMOVAL OF 2 HOUR PARKING RESTRICTION SIGNS Recommendation: Approve removal of three subject signs located on Bullis Road between Euclid Ave. and Orchard Ave. which are no longer necessary. I � OLD BUSINESS i ---,-- � COMMISSION ORAL COMMUNICATIONS � PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ; � ADJOURNMENT l 1 I � I i . I i � �� ; , � � i . ,'REGULAR MEETING OF THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING.COMMISSiON OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD . YIarch 27., 1980 � �A regular meeting of the Traffic and Parking Commission. `was.held'at'7:30 P.�1. on ab11330aBu11istRoad,uLynwood; Chambers of.the City Hall, ' California. 1, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - COMMISSIONER LEGG 2. CALL TO ORDER � - The meeting was.called to order by Chairman MalcHow,_ � , 3 ROL'� LL Coaimissioners Cunningham, Archambault, Legg> and Chairman Malchow answered roll call.. Also present was Ken'-H. Rosenfield, Staff adviser. 4, APPROVAL OF �IINUTES, , The minutes of the February 28, 1980 meeting were ! approved unanimously as correctedo NEW B�ES � g, REMOVAL OF RED CURB resented a report of a request by Mro-_Fred ° -Staff p to remove,existing. Richards of Richards Rack Company 'red curb at 2727 Lynwood Roadrwh�seh is no longer : necessary for. its original p P Commissioner Legg Inoved t'o approve the staff : , recommendation tCo�issioner ArchambaultThe motion was seconded by ; � i _1_ > - � � • AYBS - Commissioner Cunninand � ' ` . � ROLL CALL: Archambault, Legg, ' Malchow NOES - None . ` ABSENT - Commissioner Gray 6.•INSTALLATION OF RED CURB Staff presented a report of a request from Mr. Richar& ' Ahlheim of 2701 lOBth Street to instwhereehisugarage � � at the dead-end of Lorraine Str vehicles from blocking is located, to prevent parking rove + the driveway.. The Staff's rec the red curb was moved for approval by Archambault< The motion was seconded by.Commissioner Cunningham. General discussion followed.in.which , Y Chairman Malchow indicated he.had,spoken with Mro Ahlheim " and understood..his problem. " AYES -'Commissioner Cunningham, ROLL CALL: �rchambault, Legg,' and Malchow NOES - None . ' ° ABSENT - Commissioner Gray- �-.7, REQUEST FOR DISABLED PERSONS ON STREET PARKING . Staff presented an application for a"bluBlvdrb" , from Mr. Michael Terek of 4267-A Tone�iy filled out Lynwood; in which bire Terek had p P the required application form but failed to meet - two conditions. The two condiersonsWlicenselplates �be in possession of disabled pavailableo Chairman and having off street parking Malchow indicated that he had spoken�tn M�o° and that she told him that she Was ark �there.. In clear out her garage so she could p addition, Chairman Malchow observed that thereofe�hea 'to be ample on street parking in the vicinity• ' ,Terek house. Commissioner Legg indicated that if �lichael Terek does qualify for a blue curb in the £uture, he would be willing to reconsider the•casee' Commissioner Legg moved to deny the request for.dis- abled parking until such time as i�ichael Terek might - qualify by meeting the proper conditionsa Commissioner Cunningham seconded the motioursue the1matterhfurther, encourages Michael Terek to P Would write a letter •Mr. Rosenfield indicatedtheaCommission's feelings: to Mro Terek explaining -2- ' � • ROLL CALL: AYES - Commissioner Cunninandm Archambault, Legg, � �Ialchowo NOES - None ' ABSENT'- Commissioner Gray � g, PUBliIC UTILITIES COMMISSION GENERAL ORDER NO. 145 ! , ort on subject P,U.�� general. • -' � Staff presented a rep local agency to exempt� ". order which would allow theiri at railroad grade , certain Seunderscertaintcondigions; . crossing Commissioner Legg.moved not to adopt P.U<Co G.Oe . No. 145 and.reconsider atandmCommissionereArchambault �' , grade crossings qualify, ` seconded the motion ROLL CALL:.. AYES - Commissioner Cunningham, Archambault, Legg, and i4lalchowo , ,' �.' ' NOES - None • . , _. .. ABSENT;- Commissibner Gray • 9. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS �� Ken'Ho Rosenfield reported that oung pe ples s recommendations on appointing "Y Councilo City Commission had been forwarded t a s t h adviser to � He also reported that Paul Fowler, p this commission-, would receive an award.from . Council, for outstanding service, on April;l, 1980e , ' 10. COMMISSION ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Legg requested that the City Council ' � receive a copy of this c ommissions.minu a rked n in front " basis'a He also indicated that trucks P arking � of 10517 Long Beach Blvd. were violating p regulations and that some sidewalk Svehicle linesole • °and Lorig'Beach Blvdo were'observing of' sitea -3- . • � ' CommlbandondedrvehmblestwhiPhrneededainvestigation two a at 11142,State Street and at Los Flores and Bellinger. ' on the sidewalk at 2986 Century and that Chairman Malchow reported that there were vehicles parking umping the curb at 11406.Birch there were vehicles ard. to drive into their residence backy roblems Ken H. Rosenfield indicated that.all reported P would=be promptly investigated'by Sergeant Barrett of the Sheriff's Department.. There was nd public business from the floor. • t . ADJOURNi` , seconded by Commissioner of the Commissioner Archambault moved, 1980 at Cunningham to adjourC Apgila24meeting ` . Traffic and�o�ionngarried.. 7:30 p.m. . ; _ _4_ � • ITEM 5 APRIL 24, 1980 , , DATE. �. T � : HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE _ , Tg�'FIC AND PARKING COMMISSION ' FROM: ENGINEERING DIVISION � . SUBJECT: REMOVAL OF 2 HOUR PARKING RE$TRICTION SIGNS . PURP�SEc . ' To approve removal of subject signs which no Ionger serve their original purpose. - ASSU_ riPTZON: . Removal of traffic conuY°oseewillseliminate o o n enfor- ' serve their original P P ublic respect signs which,•. � cement concern and help the p . . appear to have a current purpose. ,FACTS: n s resently „ � .Three two-hour par.king restriction sig P • exist.on the west side of Bullis Road between. . Y Euclid avenue and Orchard Avenue. � " � To the best of our knowledge, the siqns were ' installed when the medical=building on-the southeast c orne � h e f Sears l buildinq n Wao r h eavilyvenue was operating, arking lot east of Bullis and patronized and the p � south or Orchard did not exist. ANA� ?S� lot and the - As.a.result of the-additidn.of a parking reduction of patronaqe to the'old Sears building, the signs.are no long er necessary. � RECOMNENDATION: , .ppproqe removal of subject signs on the west 'side of Bu11is Road between Euclid Avenue and Orchard Avenue. � � ��-� ,• - ._� ,:, . � � �� 1�� a � � a� �� -.',. -�. - � � �_Y . . . ��_ � �_�� I.�,� ��. �� - , ROY.D. VN�LLlAMS P•E residential development. People live � � � City TrefNe Engineer, �� chere � in whac the y define as � � � North Carolina neip,hborhoods• 'I'he��i?T1P�ementation � . - � ° . ,. yy��ston.Salem of traffic restraints� on these streets . � � � � The followinq �icle is based on a prr .- would pazalyze the� city. Ye[, under � sencanon by ��'fi'• �7'iWam$ a� `.k'e 49ck :1n- � the concept � of equal protection, � • `� � '� nual Meeting, Institme oi T would � not these �neighborhoods also �- � .- , � EnQineers, Toronto, Oncario. Canada, be due whatever�procection'such re-� � , � � � � . � � Sepsem6er, 1979, dunng a panel discus- straints might �offer? • e�ence in� � ` � - � sion oF the � "Should Residenrial .. I� yS myjudgment that exp � � � � Yeighborhoods�Be Permitted co 'Ba�' - chese endeavors .has �hown that the - �� ricade' Themsetves A4ainsc Non-Local -� implementacion oP. restraints [o re- - �� ., �. � T ��. fi �,,, � oPpo s�q viewpolnc wu re-- duce traffic on a giv,en�streec doesnot � - • . ' � , poRed� in Pvsuc Woxxs for February, reduce traIfic ��n the area by any ` � � 1980. � measuranle amount. The traffic sim- � It is�diverted�to. � HOULD r'esidential neighbor ply does noc go away. hoods be petmitted to-"ba� �� other routes. ORen these.other routes � ' � � � overburdenedby heavy traffiatoads. ricade" themselves against non-local are also. residential or are alrea y. � � � � answer to that is�an em-- ,� ;erious question. of` equity� }s trafnc. MY �_. - � � phatic no. �I suspect, heP n en �t� raised by these. types of action: .Is. it � " � • � whatever-I may say . - .- . -. � . . readers my words %nll agree �th eQo t Joe? t Do we it because ohn ^ me. dust, !itter and �� .� . - It should be undentood� thac aDht . sens tive�to no se'Joe? Is Joe i l be- � which follows is not a monogr . treatise, dissertan°° wh ch in� Geve h is not kely o��_be�e case: �� ' those high sounding 7wo Questlons�. dicate the oroduM of schoT�ficPen- � -' s �u. I am a practicing � queshon or issue of�equity��s � . �neer from a small city. I have made no literature search. What follows is a real and important, but now I would . . . . borhoods� being ��- . collection. of opinions and personal like to raise.another question. �Y. . � . - � judgmeats Which have-come together are the neigh ' ' �� chrough e�cperience, discussions `M� do oll ws: az he p ople who � - � colleagues and assorted readings. are comQlaining: most vocally- about � � � the United States there is a com . : � - �� - cept of equal protection under the � ° Th answer lothe fint question � � � � law. It is a concept which ��s inciuded , � ' �� we have.failed:�co provide an . . in the Constituhon, and one to which I � comes in th;ee parts• First,' as a soci- � ' � subscribe. Ga�e�ental acrions of ety lace to whatever nature should be consistent . adequate transnortation system. a � � with that concept insofar as �possible. system which should be ,in .p - �- ' I do no[ which the�communiry �enerates. We � If a neighborhood is to be denned as . handle the tremendous Loads of traffic �� . . � . � � � . a place where peoPle uve, � � � ' �� believe that it is possible �to im4lement ftave � not failed �n ° tion l process p In-� � � � deed, we have�projected�•and pre- craffic restrauits in a manner that vnll , cess or our concep � '�� provide equal protection. �any ��ted the ��genera[ion..4Pe�have con- � � � . - � • neighborhoods chat are exposed �- � � even burdeaed, %�+ith large �olumes of � oeived the s have not buitl he needed- �� ` � traffic aze �exposed by virtue of geog- � Ne simp�Y , _ � � �� raphy and � a transportasion system� � fa S We have Gved through an �� which has eyoived �over decades. ' era of what at.times s� h� nd � � . '� . � In W�ston-Salem there� are eigh- . We have been-given educa- �.-� �� ' xeen streets which� may be classified � bounded prospenty, � � ' as arterials. �'rWO of� theseTWO� m which We have'�� c oe highways.. �� Ve have beea taught co enjoy�� . . . . � expressway Y, com- � ' � � ochers are •�++nolly abutced bY �he finer,things�of l�fe• . � mercial and/or indust fourteen artr NoK'� `He all knoW that chere �s no- , � � � � ment.' "rhe remainiag �� finer than [he aucomobile — �- � � � ' • rials ai'e abutted in significant parts by xaT�h 1980 � _ / _ PUBLIC WORKS faT � �6 I � Iess it happens to be a van or a�up I do not wish to say that those �hin; Concern about school bus service io truck. The people have resoonded by aie not wotth ;aving under any cir- the neighborhoods under a coun- acquiring these�mooilicy machines by cumstances. I do wan[ to stress �hat ordered busing olan. [he millions — have driven chem, en- there are choices to be made. The re- Concern abouc energy conserva- joyed them and Ioved them. Yes. Iationshio between cnronic traffic tion on che pnnciple tha[ divenion !here has been a Iove affair with �he congesnon on the primary streecs and routes are usually fonger. � aucomobile! spiliovers into residendal neighbor• Cuncern about crea�ing coniron[a- Thirdly, in the process of being hoods should be ciear to thinking tions 'oe�ween adjoining neighbor- caughc to enjoy the tiner chings of IiFe. peoole. The fogic snould guide the hoods. I we were caught that clean airis bec[er� way to .intelligent choices. There are Concern about the impacts o� suc!� �han dirty air; that quiet is better chan no Free rides. One canno� have his ac[ions on land use zoning decisions. noise; and tha[ clean streets are becter cake and eac it too. � Concern ahout the �real inabiliry to � chanGtteredstreets.More�hanchat— I believe the vast majority of provide such'•protection° to all citi- � along [he way we were cold that neighborhood traz�c-probiems to be zens in an equicalile manner. highway construction is bad and thac svmotoms oF community-wide prob- Concern�abou[ creating a commu- , automobiles are evil. lems. They cannot, and will no[. be nity atmosphere which �vould not be We have a reiacionship with the au- solved by oushing them around with- conducive� to orderly and balanced � comobile that is similaz ro oaren[s' rr in che communiry. growth. � Iacionship with a delinquent cnild. We� N dfBU11C5 O/ T�effiC These concerns are valid. They nate che child's behavior, bu� we still y ;hould be given iull consideration be- love �he child. We want �o play with There have been many a[tempcs co fore embarking on crainc diversion and enjoy the cMld, buc we want its detine va[fic 1ow by machema�ical schemes. There are o[her concerns. bad behavior co go away. We don't equauons. Some �equa�ions [ake �he some political in natuie, which must wanc to be deprived of the cnild, but ;ame Form as iluid flow equations. Let also be considered. When all are we don't �vant its problems eirher. So me push the analogy a bit further by placed in realistic persoective,. it is . we rationalize. It is not realiy our child � using� a common tluid. Water. under easy to see why we can account for tha[ is bad: ic is the child oF the out- pressure, c2n �be tlowed through a iew successes, many failures and� �ider. who may Gve a�tew blocks hose uo co che poinc where !he pres- highly mixed results otherwise. away, that is bad. So lec's place the sure exceeds che ability of the hose to [F one calls himself oc herselF a oroblems where they belong. Lec's contain it. AC [ha[ point che hose transportauon or �raffic zngineer. I out chem on the outsider, or on any- bursts and the wacer flows along the would advise them to scick with those �� one else that we can. Jusc lec us con- pa[hs oi least resis.ance, and some- chings which they do best. For whac tinue Co Iove our newly poGsrted chIld cimes makes a mess.. With traffic, the we are discussing has more to do with wichout a11 of those proolems. paths oF least resisiance are often social��engineering than ic does �vith Yow, to the second question: Who through residential neigh6orhoods. traffic engineering. are che �people who� are comp(aining In Winston-Salem we have fol- I�.vill close with cwo quotacions from most vocally abouc the neighborhood Iowed the oath oF trying to tiiscourage Livable Urban Stree[s: �Ylanaging traffic? Ln Winston-Salem it is [herel-� [rait�ic on >ome residential screets 3uco Traf'fic in Neighbarhoods', a a�ively young family peoole who� are [hrough the use of speed Iimits and Q50-page compilation oF analyses ot also we!! educated, affluent and de- sioo >igns. Our success is not wonh case studies �from around the worid. ' manding. It is the oeople with [wo or sneaking of. Our *esults have been "The orincipal lesson� irom these � more au[omobiles in the car port. very similaz to chose in ocher com- case�studies is that so long as the � Remember though. chac these au- munities. We did not reduce craz'fic amount of craFfic in a cicy is fvYed. comobiles are not the bad ones. They volumes. We did no[ lower speeds in whensome streets lose [rat�ic, ochers never bother anyone else. in fact. it is any pracncal sense. We did not cause gain ic. Since the ecology ot traffic and � extremely rare that ehey are ever dri- all motorists co stop ac planned inter- residences has complex interconnec- ven on anvone else's street. When vals. We did create a lo� oi speed tions. any crude tampering.with che [hey are driven. [hey cannot be con-� violators. We did creace a tot oF stoo � syscem can uosee �he kind of trade- strued as generating traific. They are sign violators. We did creace a talse otfs chac �have been made over a long soecial, good automobiles. ;ense of ;ecurity in many oF che. resi- oeriod oi eta5ility. It will always oe Let me go back to my earlier ques- dencs. It was a lesson oi False labors easy to improve che situacion on any � cion abouc ehe reason neighborhood for a loc oF oeople. one street, buc cha[ traffic �vill have to screets are inunda�ed wich craffic. and 6Ve have resis�ed the use of diver- ;o somewhere else unless.� as. in rare look ae myh�sc answer. Why have we cers. �treec ciosures and che �ike eo cases. it miraculouslv dissioates or noc provided adequa�e eraffic syscems torce diversion oi crattic. This is partly disappears.' � co handle ehe loads in such a fashion because oi !he issues �which I have [n che :lbstract we ['ind a capsule oi chac we would noc have the spillovers already discussed: it is also because a case scudy which involved estensive into residential neighborhoods.' It is [here are �ome other real and im- . planning, implemencation and.evalu- certainly noc because che proFession portan[ concerns which are shared by a[ion..ARer all the agony and evalua- � has failed co make che oroposats. It is. o�hers in city government. They are: cion we Find the conclusion: to a larqe measure, due to che strongly Concern aoout quicic and direct ac- "Only on the cul-de-sac were resi- � � active opposi�ion of intluen[ial pres- cess by zmer�ency venicles. den[s satisiled." � sure groups: grou6s -.vhich count Concerr. about hampering oopur- - I suspect thac chey were satisfied among eheir most� eFfective memoers ttmities ior �ervice by oubiic transic. beFoce all the agony oegan. � refa�ively voimg iamily oeoole who and makinq ;imh ;ervice inconven- are ��e(l zducaced. ailuenc and de- ien[ and more costfy. Refe�Cnce. mandin&. These �roups rememoer Concern abou[ inconvenience !o i„qoofevard. Donald: Gerson, �L. Sue �hac high�vay construccion is bad. and those in neighborhoods wno ore%er ;,�ncetl �J4ark: [.i�-able Urban Seree« have a comoulsive urge co save some- things as Ihey are. �tanaging Au�o Trainc in Veiqnbo� thing —.rees. �vildflowers. tadpoles. Concera about �ehere the traf�c h��ds. U.S. Department oi Transnorr, z2rch. �cind. or air. �viil eo �vrten it is forced e!se�vhere. cion. t975. I PC'BL.IC '.VORKS for :V(�rrh. 1980 — — - j